We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
86 of its 125 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 62 of Iraq's 86 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 174 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dubai accounted for 53 of the United Arab Emirates' 65 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 58 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
129 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Anantnag accounted for 48 of Kashmir's 129 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
63 of its 75 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
48 of its 112 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Brussels accounted for 37 of Belgium's 48 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets.
Jerusalem accounted for 123 of Israel's 231 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 116 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Romania (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 Jun. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 31,750 stories about harm among 104,216 counted on 26 Jun.
In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 104,216 stories, below the usual 33. A year earlier, on 27 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 30 today. In Iraq, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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